You have a point; but isn't all human activity "animal posturing" in a sense?
You sure that you have the rationality idea the right way round? Seems logical that the more "rational" we are, the less rational the need for politics, perhaps? On Jun 6, 4:47 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > There a new global currency - Bitcoin. You can google it. The idea > isn't new - there have been many local economic transfer schemes. > Potentially we could all use Bitcoin and have as little to do with > official currencies as possible. In this sense, the connection of > politics s with currency comes into relief without metaphor. The > basic analogy works for me - politicians are in play for the currency > of votes and these are broadly bought. My own contention is that we > have no politics at all, just animal posturing. We would need to be > rational for politics and clearly are not. > > On Jun 6, 12:53 pm, Ash <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On 6/6/2011 7:09 AM, paradox wrote:> A friend said to me the other day "The > > sole difference between > > > Politics and Business is one of Currency"; initially, i thought that > > > this might be a simplification too far, and unduly cynical perhaps > > > (though i dont believe he meant it in a perjorative sense); yet, the > > > more i think about it, the more difficult it is for me to refute. > > > > Any thoughts? > > > You could say they are composed of multiple competing currencies, seeing > > it all as the interplay of exchange.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
